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...June 2007, Harvard boasts the largest endowment in higher education. Grassley has criticized colleges and universities for “hoarding” growing endowment returns instead of spending more on financial aid. But he did praise a slew of financial aid increases last year from the nation??s wealthiest universities, including a $22-milion expansion at Harvard, as “self-correcting.” Harvard and other schools with billion-dollar endowments have fought efforts to legislate payout rates, saying that donor restrictions and inconsistent returns require more flexibility than a mandate would allow...
...Reports surfaced online in May that the 54-year-old Sunstein, the nation??s most-cited legal scholar, and Power were engaged, and that the relationship played a role in Sunstein accepting Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan’s perennial offer to leave his longtime home at the University of Chicago Law School...
...coddled and self-absorbed to care. Not fearing military service, thanks to an all-volunteer army, today’s students can afford focus their energies on resume building, graduation parties, and summer travel plans. During the four years that the Class of 2008 was at Harvard, our nation??s leaders have persisted in an Iraq policy that brings rising economic, political, and moral costs, yet where is the outrage...
...national conference three years ago, National Institutes of Health Director Elias A. Zerhouni deplored the nation??s efforts in translational science, the process of using basic scientific research to improve patient care. Later that year, Zerhouni announced a major NIH-led initiative to address the problems in translational science, a push that paid off for Harvard last week when the University landed a major grant to fund its efforts in the area, according to a Harvard Medical School spokesman.Medical School professor Lee M. Nadler will lead the Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) in a University-wide initiative...
...When Hillary Clinton began her run for the presidency on Jan. 20, 2007, she promised to make history. As the first viable female contender to seek the nation??s highest office, the Senator’s candidacy has fundamentally altered the nation??s political landscape. Not only has she opened the door to women seeking to occupy the Oval Office, but she has also reinvigorated the nation??s electorate...